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The level pitch in front of the school was created between 1883 and 1884, at a cost of £210, the funds raised by a bazaar. The cricket pitch was laid and drained in 1907, by a bequest of £100 in memory of T. Heaton made by his grandson, William of
Lostock. Rev. W. Ritson, Vicar of Rivington met much
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Gilbert Dethicke Garter King of Arms. The see of Durham arms are "Azure a Cross Or between four Lions rampant Argent" and
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Willoughby succeeded in regaining the schools rental income at a time when the school lacked funds between 1650 and 1660 travelling to London, York and Durham. He was chairman of governors in 1651, 1653–54, 1670, 1676 and 1683. He lived at a large estate near the high school inherited from his wife
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Hardman and Company. Two windows were installed and designed for the chapel in 2004 by Andrew Seddon who also restored and cleaned the other windows. One was in memory of a former headmaster, Mr Jenner and the second to celebrate the centenary of the
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brought in further income. By 1807 the trustees had accrued a significant sum to which in 1812 John
Ainscough left a legacy including the income from mortgages on a toll road between Wigan to Preston. The old school, converted into a house was rented to Richard Bury after a new school was built in
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had been endowed with Higher Knowle farm, Lower Knowle farm and Grut farm in 1478 by Robert
Pilkington who was then its Chaplain. The farms were taken by the crown in consequence of the Abolition of Chantries Act 1547. In 1574 the school recovered rents for the same properties, whilst in 1583 by
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to provide a free school in the county of
Lancashire. Her trustees decided to benefit Blackrod in 1631. Income from the trust paid the schoolmaster from 1640. No scholars went to Pembroke College for many years before 1766 or up to 1790 and funds built up with interest. In 1790 agreements with
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Chippendale appears on the stained glass, but Chippendale had survived the Great War. His story was featured in a BBC program titled "Rivington and Blackrod High School, Bolton: The Missing Man, The man who created a cover story to avoid the stigma of mental health", in 2015.
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In 2008 the school was one of 11 across the country to receive a
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust’s (SSAT) 2008 Futures Vision Tour Award and gave impressive A level results at 98%. The school ranked 7th in 2009 of 19 schools in the Bolton LEA with scores for GCSE % 50 Level 2
551:. Henry Norris's legacy in 1639 was left in trust to pay a schoolmaster. It is not known where the school started, possibly in St Katharine's Church but premises were later provided near the church. In 1627 Elizabeth Tyldesley left rental income from land and property at Graveoak in
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translates to 'They Sought Glory of
Liberty; they see the Glory of God'. The names of school's 24 war dead are also inscribed. Their surnames are given with initials of christian names on the window, their full names are given below, (Over 150 fought in the First World War)
887:, a school founder, impaled with the arms of the see of Durham, the arms appear on the top right side of the Pilkington painting, now worn on the breast pocket, school tie and girls skirts in addition to P.E kit, where it also has initials of the schools name, 'R.B.H.S'
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The school chapel was built in 1892 with a donation from Mr and Mrs Daniel
Marshall, in memory of their son Frederick. The chapel was designed by R. K Freeman. It is panelled in Dantzic oak and has 100 sittings. The Anglican chapel had regular morning worship.
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of the additional cost. Traditionally the school bell was not rung whilst a good game of cricket was being played. The grounds were in the past maintained by the scholars. The house system introduced in 1910 and teams are Holme, Queen’s and Pilkington.
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Grammar School was founded by John Holmes, a London weaver, in whose will of 1568 rental income from property in London was left to trustees to pay a schoolmaster in Blackrod, and a further legacy of rental income paid for a scholar to attend
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evacuated the entire school to Rivington and Blackrod Grammar in 1941, during World War II, a former pupil David Owen recalled 'Wallasey Grammar brought a new meaning to class war' and that the other school introduced them to
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boarding was at cottages then known as School Houses in the village, today known as Mill Hill cottages. A new building for Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School was constructed on the current site in 1882 as a
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to exchange the land in Durham for land closer to the school in 1823. The Durham land was exchanged for Higher Knowles, Lower Knowles and Grut Farms in Rivington, and a house known as Jolly's in
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2000:St James's CE High School
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